Aug. 25, 2024

Will Taylor Swift sway the election? Is Donald Trump a hack?

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Will Taylor Swift be able to sway the election by supportig Harris?

Is Donald Trump a hack comedian as Michael Ina Black suggests?

Will Trump move to Venezuela if he loses. He said he might.

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Calarogus Shark Media from Los Angeles, where we pretape this

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one in case our plane was delayed. This is ballad,

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that's right.

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Thanks United Plus time zones, bro, I'm not getting up

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at three am to record.

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Let's hit this? Could Taylor Swift sway the election?

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Imagine this a conference call with the vice president and

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a crowd of Swifties. Because who better to swing a

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presidential election than the same people who debate the significance

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of easter eggs in Taylor swift lyrics. Swift's fans, who

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range from teens to adults who can now actually vote,

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have decided that their next mission is to support Kamala

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Harris's presidential bid. This group might just have an influence

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that JD Vance's so called cat ladies could only dream of.

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And no, Taylor didn't even need to endorse Harris to

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make it happen. Yet, why the Swift effect matters well?

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Swift's profile has been an overdrive lately, from dropping albums

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to dating a Super Bowl champion, She's never been more famous.

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Google searches for her have gone through the roof, and

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her favorability ratings are soaring, not just with Democrats but

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even with some Republicans. Yep, it seems a shake it

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off truce is in the air. But here's where it

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gets interesting. Young voters are now rallying around Harris in

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swing states. Poles are showing that Harris is getting a

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boost among the under thirty five crowd. And if these swifties,

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who have a history of making things trend faster than

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you can say airis Tour, decide to vote, well, let's

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just say the twenty twenty four election might have a

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few more friendship bracelets at the polls. And don't forget,

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a nudge from Taylor could do more than just boost turnout.

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Remember when she got tens of thousands to register to

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vote with a single Instagram post. Imagine the power of

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a full on endorsement for Harris. A USA Today poll

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suggested that nine percent of Americans might be influenced by

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a Swift endorsement. That might not sound huge, but in

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an election that could be decided by a few thousand

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votes in swing states like Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, it's enough

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to make the GOP nervous. So while Harris's campaign team

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might not be asking Swift to write a new anthem,

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they're probably not too upset that her fans are deciding

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it's time too well begin again. Comedian Michael Ian Black

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wrote in The Daily Beast comparing Donald Trump to a

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hack comedian, specifically Andrew Dice Clay. Black wrote, as he

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compares the two, there's another bullying jerkhead out there, repeating

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the same stick he's been doing for years and years.

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Like Clay.

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A lot of people think he's a misogynistic prick. Like Clay,

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he wears the same stupid costume he's had decades. Like Clay,

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his act has grown stale and his crowd size is depleted,

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and like Clay, he seems angry as hell about it.

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I haven't watched a live Trump rally in years, so

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when I tuned into his Bozeman, Montana appearance, I was

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surprised to realize that Trump is essentially just another road comic,

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trotting out all his tired bits from yesteryear to increasingly

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little effect. Hello Monte, he said to rapturous cheers as

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he strode onto stage. He opened with a little local humor.

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I've been all over your state. Everything's two hours. When

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are we going to be there? Two hours?

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Sir? Two hours? As an observation.

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It's mundane as a joke, it's non existent, but the

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audience love him and they eat it up. Black may

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have a point. Apparently, Trump has decided that the perfect

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mascot for his twenty twenty four campaign is none other

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than Hannibal Lecter, Yes, the fictional cannibal from the Silence

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of the Lambs. Because nothing says make America great again

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like a guy who enjoys fava beans with a side

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of human liver.

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At a rally in Atlanta.

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Trump dropped this gem they hate when I used doctor

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Hannibal Lecter, the late great Hannibal Lecter.

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Did I miss the part where Lecter.

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Was a real guy who died peacefully in his sleep

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after a long career in cannibalism. Or maybe Trump just

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respects a man with a taste for the finer things

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and human flesh. But wait, it gets better. Trump isn't

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just name dropping Lecter for fun. He's actually using him

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as a metaphor for immigrants. Yep, you heard that right.

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According to Trump, immigrants are like Hannibal Lecter, straight out

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of mental institutions.

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Ready to eat America alive.

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Because you know, nothing says immigration policy like comparing people

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to a psychopath who wears other people's faces.

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And let's talk about this for a second.

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Trump's out here riffing on a character from a movie

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that came out over thirty years ago. It's like his

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rallies are stuck in a time warp where the Silence

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of the Lambs is still playing in theaters and the

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only music anyone's allowed to listen to is YMCA. The

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guy's still rocking nineteen eighties fashion for crying out loud.

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If the eighties ever needed a spokesperson, Trump would be

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the guy minus the legwarmers.

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But here's the kicker.

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Trump actually thinks this Hannibal shtick is working. He's mentioned

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Lector in twenty different speeches. That's right, twenty. Even Anthony Hopkins,

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the actor who played Lector, is probably sitting at home thinking, wait, what, so,

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what's next? Trump quoting Freddy Krueger on healthcare. You know,

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Freddy had some great ideas about preventive care. Get them

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in their dreams, folks. Or maybe he'll start referencing Jason

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Vorhees when discussing national security.

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We need someone like Jason guarding our borders.

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Jimmy Fallon joked Vice President Harris is now the betting

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favorite to win the twenty twenty four presidential election, and

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it's all thanks to her new campaign strategy letting Trump

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talk fallin again. According to a new report, former President

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Trump is furious at his campaign staff for letting him

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make the terrible decision of picking JD Vance as his VP.

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Trump regrets pairing up with Vance. He's like, this is

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always why I sign a pre nup. Stephen Colbert said.

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A damning report links JD Vance to horrific work conditions.

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Those conditions working with J D Vance. Local artist Bill

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Secunda is hammering home the notion of toughness with his

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latest creation, a life sized sculpture of former President Donald Trump,

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crafted entirely from nails, because well.

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Who knows.

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Secunda, inspired by Trump's defiant gesture after being grazed by

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a bullet, decided that a traditional marble bust just wouldn't do. Instead,

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he chose four thousand twisted and bent metal nails, because

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nothing says resilience like a bunch of rusty spikes. The statue,

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which debuted at the Butler Farm Show, the same venue

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where the incident occurred, features Trump in a light navy suit,

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raising his fist as if to say, I'm not just tough, I'm.

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Made of nails.

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Secunda's previous works include a life sized moose and a

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giant tin man, proving that he's got a knack for

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turning everyday objects into grand sculptures. But this Trump piece

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is special. According to Secunda, the hair was a lot

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of fun. Yes, he spent considerable time researching Trump's hairdwing

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ears to get that perfect yellow finish. In another episode

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of What did Trump Just Say, the former president took

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his fearmongering routine to a whole new level, hinting that

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he might flee to wait for it, Venezuela if he

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loses the upcoming election.

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Yes, you heard that right.

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The man who spent years building walls to keep people

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out is now considering skipping town himself.

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You can't make this stuff up.

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During his interview with Elon Musk, Trump dropped this little gem.

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If something happens with this election, which would be a

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horror show, we'll meet the next time in Venezuela. And

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just like that, Venezuela, a country best known for its

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political crackdowns and economic collapse, became the new mar A Lago,

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who knew. He went on to say, we'll have a

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meeting and dinner in Venezuela, as if he's already making

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dinner reservations. You have to wonder what's on the menu.

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Probably something with a side of irony. But Trump didn't

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stop there. He used the moment to demonize immigration, suggesting

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that Venezuela's really bad people were all fleeing to the US.

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Their crime rate is coming down, and our crime rate's

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going through the roof, he said. Apparently, in Trump's world,

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when criminals leave Venezuela, the crime rate drops like magic,

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and then boom, crime skyrockets in America. He even claimed

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that Venezuela has already gotten rid of about seventy percent

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of their really bad people by sending them straight to

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the US. In Trump's mind, it seems that Venezuelan government

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is running some kind of bad guy clearance sale, and

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we're buying in bulk. Portions of today's program were made

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with the help of AI, But unfortunately the screaming baby

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on my flight was real.

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Thanks baby,